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Introduction for Today's Task

Your Leadership Development Plan

Congratulations, BVisionRY! You have completed the core work of this program. You know what you appreciate, you know what frustrates you,  you know where you currently stand, you have a clear vision, you've faced your fears, and you've found your inner fuel. Now, in this final and most important task, you will take all of your insights and turn them into a practical, actionable plan for your leadership journey (your own personalized leadership development plan!).

You may already "see" the leader you want to become, but now it's time to get specific about how to get there. Knowing the name of what you need gives you direction, you simply can't build what you can't name.

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The purpose of this task: 

In previous tasks, you’ve identified a list of skills and competencies. The purpose of this final task is to refine this list and create your definitive leadership skills blueprint.

  • What is a Skill? A skill is a specific, learnable ability you can practice and improve until it becomes second nature. It is both measurable and improvable through repetition and feedback.
  • What is a Competency? A competency is a broader capability made up of multiple, interrelated skills. It is an area that is made up of multiple related skills. Think of a competency as the category, and a skill as the specific ingredients that bring it to life. For example, "communication" is a competency, but it's not a single skill. It includes a cluster of skills such as active listening, nonverbal communication, and storytelling.

In this leadership journey, we are not just identifying general competencies; we are breaking them down to discover the precise skills they contain. This helps make your learning focused, trackable, and practical.

 

The process for completing this task:

It's time to consolidate your work from the entire program and create your final, actionable list.

Step 1: Create Your Master List. Access the master LDP Google Sheet you have been working on. Create a new tab and name it "LDP." In this tab, copy all of the "Skills & Competencies" from the last column of every tab you have created so far.

Step 2: Consolidate and Remove Duplicates. Paste all of the skills and competencies you have identified into a single list. Review your list carefully and remove any duplicates to create a clean, single inventory.

Prompt for Consolidating Your List:

"I am a participant in a leadership development program. I have a list of skills and competencies from my workbook, but there are many duplicates. Please act as a professional data analyst. I need you to clean this list for me by consolidating all the items into a single, comprehensive list and then removing all duplicate entries.

Please present this final, clean inventory in a single-column table titled 'Consolidated Skills and Competencies.'

My list is: [Paste your entire master list of skills and competencies here]"

Step 3: Define and Refine with AI. Now, you will use an AI tool (like the one you've been using) to help you differentiate between competencies and skills. The goal is to break down broad competencies into specific, actionable skills.

Prompt to Use:

"Based on the following list of skills and competencies, please act as a leadership development coach. I need you to differentiate between a 'skill' and a 'competency' based on the following definitions:

For this task, a skill is a specific, single, learnable ability you can practice (e.g., active listening, storytelling, staying calm under pressure). A competency is a broader, more complex capability made up of multiple skills (e.g., communication, emotional intelligence, time management).

Please create a two-column table with the following structure:

  • The first column should be titled 'Competency/Skill'.
  • The second column should be titled 'Skills to Practice'.

For each item in the list:

  • If it is a stand-alone skill, list it in both the 'Competency/Skill' column and the 'Skills to Practice' column.
  • If it is a competency, list the competency name in the 'Competency/Skill' column. Then, in the 'Skills to Practice' column, list each of the specific, actionable skills that make it up, with each skill on its own row.

You can't build what you can't name, so be as specific as possible.

My list is: [Paste your clean list of skills and competencies here]"

Step 4: Finalize Your Blueprint. Review the AI's response. You should now have a comprehensive list of specific, actionable skills in a perfectly formatted table. Copy this final table into your "LDP" tab.



 


The work you will submit: 

Your submission for this final task will be the "LDP" tab in your existing LDP Google Sheet.

Your final submission will be a one-column table that compiles your definitive, actionable list of leadership skills. This single list should be titled "Skills."

Instructions:

Step One- Final Review: Take a moment to review all fields to ensure they are complete. The sheet saves automatically.

Step Two- Submit Your Work:

  • Click the "Share" button in the top right corner of your master LDP Google Sheet.
  • Change the sharing setting from "Restricted" to "Anyone with the link."
  • Set the access to "Editor."
  • Click "Copy link" and paste it into the Lighthouse submission portal.

This concludes the LDP Assignment. We eagerly await your final task report & congratulations!